The Internet (Part I and II)

Part one reviews tools for collaboration and best practices for using the Web in teaching, learning, and research. The web is about 25 years old. Part two investigates implications of various online trends and how educators and students might collaboratively use and experience the Internet for the next 25 years. [2015]

Tools

• Matching Tools to Task via @LindsayKarp

• Top 100 Tools for Learning via @c4lpt

Personal Learning Network (PLN)

• Building a PLN (PDF) via LPS

• Building a PLN (slides) via @Langwitches

• Personal Learning Networks (video) via @willrich45

• A PLN Quick Start Guide via A Principal’s Reflections

• What “Connected Education” Looks Like: 28 Examples from Teachers All Over via Teaching & Learning with The New York Times

also see PLN and Twitter

Infographics

• Jane’s Daily PKM Routine

• Stages of Personal Learning NetworkAdoption

• David Hopkins PLE

• How to Grow Your Personal Learning Network with Social Media

• Connected Learning

Additional Resources

• The Internet in Realtime

• The Internet in Realtime graphic

• Internet and World Wide Web from Tech Trends in Education

• Digital Identity

The Internet, Part II

The Internet, Higher Education, and the Next 25 Years

On March 12 of last year, the Internet turned 25 years old. It’s not easy to predict what’s in store for the next 25 years. However, part 2 of our discussion on the Internet explores some of the possibilities relevant to higher education, including how educators and students might collaboratively use and experience the Internet in the future. [2015]

• Not The Same Thing: The Internet vs. the Web

• How the Web Works

• Three billion People Are on the Internet Now

• The Web is 25 years old today – so how has it changed the way we learn?

• The History of the Internet (video)

• The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent it

• Decentralized Web Summit

Trends

A Year in Search (2014) In 2014 we searched trillions of times. What do these searches say about us?

Net Neutrality

• Everything you need to know about today’s net neutrality victory in seven minutes

• Electronic Frontier Foundation: Net Neutrality

Security & Threats

• Cybergeddon: Why the Internet could be the next “failed state”

• Beware Online “filter bubbles” TED talk

• Terms and Conditions May Apply

• Terms of Service Didn’t Read

Future

• 15 predictions for the future of the Internet

• Five EdTech Predictions for 2015

• Satellite Internet: meet the hip new investment for Richard Branson, Elon Musk

• Coming Data Deluge Means You’ll Know Anything You Want, Anytime, Anywhere

• The Internet of Things Explained

Infographics

• The Evolution of Learning Technologies

• What Will the Internet Look Like in 100 Years?

• Market of Information

• Internet Tubes

Articles of Interest

• Ables, Kelsey. “The Rise and Fall of Internet Art Communities.” Artsy, 19, Apr 2019.

• Gizmodo Staff. “100 Websites That Shaped the Internet as We Know It.” Gizmodo, 19 Oct. 2018.

• Swisher, Kara. “Can anyone tame the next internet?” Recode, 1, May 2019